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VS 26, 070 (P358223)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358223 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13545 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na ma]-num-ki-a-szur | to Anum-ki-Assur |
| 2 | [i-na-a u2] bu-ur-su2-en6 | when būr-suen |
| 3 | [qi2-bi-ma] / um-ma u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur-ma | Thus Uṣur-ša-Assur: |
| 4 | a-hu-a a-tu3-nu | Ahua, Atunu |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ 5(disz) _ma-na_ / u3 1(u) _ma-na_ | silver 5 minas and 10 mina |
| 6 | i-na da-pu-ur-tim | in the quay |
| 7 | a-na _dumu_ um-mi3-a-nim | to the son of Ummi-Anum |
| 8 | pi2-iq-da-ma lu-ub-lam | let me bring (it) to you. |
| 9 | u2 um-mi3-a-nu la2 i-sza-me-u2 | and the lords will not listen. |
| 10 | u3 wa-bi-il5 _ku3-babbar_ isz-tu3 | and the seller of the silver from |
| 11 | bu-ra-li-im | Buralim, |
| 12 | uz2-ni li-ip-te2 | may her ears open. |
| 13 | u3 a-di2 lu-qu2-tim | and as far as the lands |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza ba-ri-ni sza i-na-a | that is outside, that is here |
| 2 | u3 i-a-ti2 | and me |
| 3 | um-ma _dumu_ i-na-a-ma | thus says the son: |
| 4 | _tug2 hi-a_ sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 | garments, which like a garment |
| 5 | il5-qe2-u2 szu-ma ma-ma-an | he took, and nobody |
| 6 | a-na _tug2 hi-a_ i-t,a?-hi | for clothing he shall pay. |
| 7 | te2-er-ta-ku-nu li-li-kam | May your return to me come. |
| 8 | _tug2 hi-a_ ba-ti2-iq u3 wa-tu3-ur | a cloth was taken and returned. |
| 9 | li-di2-nu-szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | may they give him, and the silver |
| 10 | szu-ul-t,a2-ma sze2-bi4-la-nim u3 a-di2 sza _e2_ i3-li2-a | send me, and as long as the house of my god |
| 11 | [sza] ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | As to what you wrote me |
| 12 | [a-na-kam] qa2-su2-nu | herewith their hands |
| 13 | [...] um-mi3-a-ni | ... his mother |
| left | ||
| 1 | [szi?]-mu-um sza i-na-a | the fate which there |
| 2 | [...] il5-qe2 | ... took |
Sources & licences
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